Sri Lanka’s stock market was all abuzz yesterday with the unexpected news of leading corporate figure Nimal Perera resigning from the director boards of the companies controlled by the business magnate Dhammika Perera amid speculation of a mass

A 36-year-old security guard attached to a Galewela private Bank in Dambulla was admitted to the Dambulla Base Hospital with injuries following a hand grenade attack by an unidentified person this morning, Police said.

Former Central Bank Governor Arjun Mahendran has been summoned to appear before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) that has been set up to investigate the alleged scam involving the issuing of treasury bonds tomorrow (10) to record his sta

Sri Lanka Cricket recently appointed Asanka Gurusinha, a member of the 1996 World-Cup- winning team as the Cricket Manager in a bid to help the transition of the national team.

A memo that seeks approval to ban cigarettes in single sticks will be presented to the Cabinet next week as another step to eliminate the habit of smoking among Sri Lankans and among the youth in particular, Health and Indigenous Medicine Minister Dr

If both Indian and Sri Lankan governments remain silent regarding the killing of the Rameshwaram fisherman, Indian fishermen's organisations yesterday said they would complain to the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) against the shoo

Government will take action against any individual, whether they be military or civil, only if the Office of Missing Persons (OMP) acknowledges them as forced disappearances, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament yesterday.

A clash between two groups of Colombo University students took place at a hostel situated at Ananda Rajakaruna Mawatha in Colombo this evening, police said.

USNS Fall River, the expeditionary fast transport ship of the US Navy, arrived in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota Port on Tuesday to provide a platform for the two-week-long multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission

Introducing the pilot project - Priority lane for passenger buses, as a means of reducing the traffic congestion in Colombo and suburban areas, Minister of Megapolis and Western Development, Patali Champika Ranawaka yesterday said more than ten milli

After a tense parliamentary session, Joint Opposition’s parliamentary group leader Dinesh Gunawardane was suspended from attending parliamentary sessions for one week following a vote in the House.

A Police Constable attached to the Gokarella Police Station had sustained severe injuries this morning after being stabbed by a suspect, while he was on an inquiry at the suspect’s residence in the Gokarella  area, the Police said.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya ordered MP Dinesh Gunawardana to leave the House due to his unruly behavior. Parliament was suspended twice today.

Wimal Weerawansa’s Jathika Nidahas Peramuna (JNP) political party could not act as an independent party in Parliament, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya ruled in Parliament a short while ago.

Police advise motorists to use alternative routes to Colombo and avoid the anticipated traffic congestion which could occur because of a protest march by the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) today against the South Asian Institute of Techn

The Customs Central Investigation Bureau officers seized 3.5 million cigarette sticks valued at Rs. 193mn at Orugodawatte Rank Container Terminal (RCT) today, Customs Spokesman Dharmasena Kahandawa said.

Colombo High Court today served indictments on former Minister Basil Rajapaksa and Director General Divineguma Development Department Kithsiri Ranawaka, over the case in which they were accused of alleged misappropriation of Rs. 36 million during the

Agriculture Minister Duminda Dissanayake has admitted that his Ministry has been paying a monthly rental of Rs.21 million since April 2016 for the new building in Rajagiriya though still unoccupied.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said yesterday he would inform the decision regarding the request made by Joint Opposition MP Wimal Weerawansa of the Jathika Nidahas Peramuna (JNP) to function independently in parliament today.

A father and a son were killed while working at a cultivation land when a rock rolled on to them at Theripaha in Nuwara Eliya last evening, Police said.

Sri Lanka Police in line with its 150th anniversary, which falls this year, launched its first ever e-service yesterday by introducing a facility to obtain Police Clearance Certificates online as a solution to the age old manual processing method.

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the main opposition in Parliament, is reportedly divided over its stance on the move underway in the United National Human Rights Council to grant the Government a two-year extension to implement the resolution adop

Colombo Additional Magistrate Jeyaram Trotsky yesterday permitted actress Aksha Sudari to travel abroad.

The Government yesterday presented a Bill to ratify and implement the 'International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance'.